I walked on the beach begging
The ocean to hear my
Plea
I look down as a wave slapped
Against me
An accident changed my life
When it took my love
Away
It left me wandering aimlessly
Every night and every
Day
My eyes fell upon a little
Snail moving slowly in the
Sand
I reached down, picked it up
And held it in my
Hand
The little head disappeared into
Its shell escaping every
Strife
And I wonder if I was doing
The same thing with my
Life.

…

The second half of this pairing involved Jane giving Lisa a poem as a starting point. Jane provided this poem:

Around the Corner

Guess what came around
the corner the other
day
Old age, and no matter what I said
it decided to
stay
The first hint that I had that it was going to
attack
was when I bent over
Oh! The pain in my
back
I looked in the mirror, at my wrinkles
and my
double chin
I vowed to exercise
This horrible creature was not going
to win